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NCT05801133CompletedPhase 2

Pifenidone Prophylactic Therapy for Radiation Lung Injury in Patients Who Have Previously Received Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Pifenidone is Used to Reduce Radiation Lung Injury in Lung Cancer Patients Previously Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Single-arm, Open-label, Phase II Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Patients with advanced lung cancer who have previously received immunocheckpoint inhibitor therapy, undergone chest radiation therapy again have developed radiation induced lung injury. Pirfenidone has anti-inflammatory and anti fibrosis effects. This study is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of pirfenidone combined with radiotherapy in the prevention of radiation pneumonitis.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
41 (actual)
First submitted
24 Mar 2023
Start date
31 Mar 2023
Primary completion date
10 Oct 2025
Lead sponsor
Hubei Cancer Hospital
Diseases
Lung cancer
NCT number
NCT05801133

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 41
  • From 31 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 10 Oct 2025
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Currently participating in interventional clinical research and treatment, or receiving other research drugs or treatment with research equipment within 4 weeks before the first administration;
  • Accept solid organ or blood system transplantation;
  • Suffer from high blood pressure and cannot be well controlled by antihypertensive medication (systolic blood pressure ≥150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mmHg);
  • Obvious coughing up blood or hemoptysis of 10ml or more per day in the 2 months before enrollment;
  • Have significant clinically significant bleeding symptoms or have a clear bleeding tendency within 3 months before enrollment;
  • Have received anti-tumor monoclonal antibodies (mAb) within 4 weeks before using the study drug for the first time, or the adverse events caused by the previously received drug have not recovered (ie ≤ grade 1 or reached the baseline level). Note: Except for subjects with ≤ Grade 2 neuropathy or ≤ Grade 2 hair loss, if the subject has undergone major surgery, the toxic reaction and/or complications caused by the surgical intervention must be fully recovered before starting treatment;

Other illness

  • Suffer from active autoimmune diseases that require hormone or immunomodulatory treatment, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, type I diabetes, psoriasis, vitiligo, immune-related thyroid dysfunction, etc. (hormone replacement Can be included after treatment is normal);
  • Suffer from acute or chronic infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and HIV;
  • Allergic to research drug ingredients;
  • Active infection or fever of unknown cause occurred during the screening period and before the first administration\> 38.5℃ (according to the judgment of the investigator, the subject can be included in the group due to fever caused by the tumor);
  • Suffer from uncontrolled clinical symptoms or diseases of the heart, such as:(1) Heart failure above NYHA II; (2) Unstable angina pectoris; (3) Myocardial infarction occurred within 1 year; (4) Patients with clinically significant supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmia requiring clinical intervention;

Lab values

  • Abnormal blood coagulation function (INR\>2.0, PT\>16s), have a bleeding tendency or are receiving thrombolytic therapy, and allow preventive use of low-dose aspirin and low-molecular-weight heparin;

Other

  • The investigator judged other situations not suitable for inclusion in this study.

Who the study is looking for

  • The patients joined the study voluntarily and signed an informed consent form (ICF). They had good compliance and cooperated with follow-up;
  • Patients with lung cancer who had received at least 2 cycles of immunomonotherapy or combination systemic therapy (including PD-1 or PD-L1 immunocheckpoint inhibitors) within 6 months;
  • Age ≥ 18 years, no gender limit;
  • ECOG PS score: 0~1;
  • The expected survival time ≥ 3 months;
  • Use appropriate methods of contraception or surgical sterilization during treatment and for 3 years after treatment for men and women of reproductive age;
  • Appropriate biochemical indicators and organ function.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hubei Cancer Hospital
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WuhanChinaUnknown status

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